For my daughter's 19th birthday, we bought her tickets to go and see Linkin Park, as they were playing in our city. We didn't really have the    ____   but we knew how much this band meant to her.
The night before she was like a  ____   at Christmas. Every so often she got up and came to    ____   with us, because she couldn't   ___. On the night of the   ____   it was good to see her so    ____    and excited, as she and her boyfriend set off.
Needless to say when they   ____    after midnight, with T­shirts and lots of pictures of the band,    ____    her telling about how fantastic they had been, we knew the money had been well   ____. This will be a memory she would   ____   forget, and nor would we.
____   full of excitement from the night before, the following day they   ___   to go shopping on the other side of the city. My husband and I   ____， loving the fact that she had not   ____ that quality as she grew up.
Later that day they returned, with faces full of happiness and warmth. They presented my husband and me with a   ____    each. On each present were the words “Because you are the    ____   mum/dad in the world”. When we said our thank­yous and told her she didn't have to, we asked her   ____   she had bought us gifts. Her    ____   was simply “Just because I love you”．
This wasn't something   ____    from our daughter; she had always given us a gift when she wanted to express her  ____， and each gift was always a welcome surprise. It could have been anything, it wouldn't have mattered, and it was  the act itself and the feelings behind it.
小題1:
A．moneyB．timeC．interestD．news
小題2:
A．workerB．babyC．kidD．parent
小題3:
A．danceB．learnC．walkD．sit
小題4:
A．speakB．sleepC．standD．leave
小題5:
A．concertB．holidayC．partyD．travel
小題6:
A．healthyB．happyC．prettyD．surprised
小題7:
A．stayedB．leftC．returnedD．turned
小題8:
A．worrying aboutB．caring forC．looking atD．listening to
小題9:
A．lentB．earnedC．savedD．spent
小題10:
A．everB．neverC．oftenD．neither
小題11:
A．StillB．OnlyC．JustD．Also
小題12:
A．continuedB．triedC．decidedD．struggled
小題13:
A．refusedB．criedC．shoutedD．laughed
小題14:
A．keptB．lostC．realizedD．discovered
小題15:
A．giftB．prizeC．ticketD．picture
小題16:
A．richestB．oldestC．bestD．cleverest
小題17:
A．whereB．howC．whenD．why
小題18:
A．wayB．a(chǎn)nswerC．suggestionD．idea
小題19:
A．importantB．ordinaryC．newD．valuable
小題20:
A．feelingsB．concernsC．understandingsD．opinions

小題1:A 
小題2:C 
小題3:D  
小題4:B 
小題5:A  
小題6:B  
小題7:C  
小題8:D 
小題9:D 
小題10:B 
小題11:A 
小題12:C 
小題13:D 
小題14:B 
小題15:A 
小題16:C 
小題17:D 
小題18:B 
小題19:C 
小題20:A 

試題分析：盡管我們并不富裕，但為了讓女兒快樂成長，我們盡量滿足他的要求，而女兒也在用真情回報我們。
小題1:A考查名詞辨析A. money錢；B. time 時間；C. interest興趣；D. news新聞；第三段提到we knew the money had been well   ____. This will be a memory she would   ____   forget, and nor would we盡管我們不富裕，但我們知道女兒喜歡看Linkin樂隊的演出。
小題2:C考查名詞辨析A. worker工人；B. baby嬰兒；C. kid孩子；D. parent父母；句意：女兒非常興奮，就像一個快要過圣誕節(jié)的孩子。根據(jù)語境說明孩子看演出十分的興奮，故選C項。
小題3:D考查動詞辨析A. dance跳舞；B. learn學(xué)習(xí)；C. walk走；D. sit坐；句意：她興奮地好幾次到我們房間坐坐。以此來表達女兒的興奮，故選D項。
小題4:B考查動詞辨析A. speak說；B. sleep睡覺 ；C. stand站；D. leave離開；根據(jù)上下文中night提示，她興奮地睡不著覺。根據(jù)上文的描述，女兒十分的興奮，晚上都睡不著覺，故選B項。
小題5:A考查名詞辨析A. concert音樂會；B. holiday假期；C. party聚會；D. travel旅行；Linkin Park是一個樂隊，所以在音樂會演出的那晚，跟男友一塊出發(fā)了。故選A項。
小題6:B考查形容詞辨析A. healthy健康的；B. happy快樂的；C. pretty可愛的；D. surprised驚奇的；與本空后exicted構(gòu)成并列，能夠去看演出，她非常高興。
小題7:C考查動詞辨析A. stayed留；B. left離開；C. returned返回；D. turned轉(zhuǎn)向；句意：過了午夜，他們回來了。根據(jù)語境，看完演出，返回家，故選C項。
小題8:D考查短語辨析A. worrying about擔(dān)心；B. caring for關(guān)心；C. looking at看；D. listening to聽；句意：我們在聽她講樂隊有多棒。根據(jù)語境，回來后給家人講這個過程，故選D項。
小題9:D考查動詞辨析A. lent借出；B. earned掙；C. saved節(jié)約；D. spent花費；根據(jù)她興高采烈的樣子及對樂隊的高度評價可推出，我們這筆錢沒有白花，故選D項。
小題10:B考查副詞辨析A. ever曾經(jīng)；B. never從不；C. often經(jīng)常；D. neither兩者都不。句意：在她的人生中，這將是一個美好的回憶，她永遠不會忘記。故選B項。
小題11:A考查副詞辨析A. Still仍然；B. Only只有；C. Just僅僅；D. Also也；句意：前一晚他們就很高興，第二天仍然很興奮,根據(jù)語境，仍然在延續(xù)他們的興奮，故A項。
小題12:C考查動詞辨析A. continued繼續(xù)；B. tried嘗試；C. decided 決定；D. struggled努力；句意：他們決定去商場購物。根據(jù)下方提到They presented my husband and me with a   ____    each. On each present were the words “Because you are the    ____   mum/dad in the world”可知他們?nèi)ベ徫锪恕?br />小題13:D考查動詞辨析A. refused拒絕；B. cried哭 ；C. shouted叫喊；D. laughed笑；看到女兒仍不失童心，我們兩人會心地笑了。根據(jù)下方提到loving the fact that she had not   ____ that quality as she grew up.可知選D項。
小題14:B考查動詞辨析A. kept保留；B. lost失去；C. realized意識到；D. discovered發(fā)現(xiàn)；句意：看到女兒仍不失童心，我倆會心的笑了。根據(jù)上文提到____   full of excitement from the night before,可知選B項。
小題15:A考查名詞辨析A. gift禮物；B. prize 獎賞；C. ticket票；D. picture照片；他們給我們每個人買了禮物。根據(jù)下方提到When we said our thank­yous and told her she didn't have to, we asked her   ____   she had bought us gifts. Her    ____   was simply “Just because I love you”可知買了禮物。
小題16:C考查形容詞辨析A. richest富有的；B. oldest舊的；C. best最好的；D. cleverest聰明的；句意：每件禮物上都寫著句話，因為你是世界上最好的爸爸、媽媽 。文中提到女兒對于父母對于自己喜歡的支持，所以寫到最愛的爹媽。
小題17:D考查賓語從句引導(dǎo)詞A. where哪；B. how如何；C. when什么時候；D. why為什么；句意：我們問她問她，為什么買禮物。根據(jù)下方提到Just because I love you可知在問為什么，故選D項。
小題18:B考查名詞辨析A. way方法；B. answer答案；C. suggestion建議；D. idea想法；句意：她的回答是因為我愛你們。根據(jù)上文提到When we said our thank­yous and told her she didn't have to, we asked her   ____   she had bought us gifts.可知我們在問，她在回答，故選B項。
小題19:C考查形容詞辨析A. important重要的；B. ordinary普通的；C. new新的；D. valuable有價值的；句意：這沒有什么可感到新奇的地方。根據(jù)下方提到she had always given us a gift可知并不感到奇怪，故選C項。
小題20:A考查名詞辨析A. feelings感覺；B. concerns關(guān)心；C. understandings理解；D. opinions想法；句意：她經(jīng)常給我們禮物，當她想表達她的感覺時，每件禮物都是令人吃驚的禮物。根據(jù)下文提到it wouldn't have mattered, and it was  the act itself and the feelings behind it禮物內(nèi)里包含很多的情感，故選A項。
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As far back as 1726, Johann Beringer was fooled by his fellow scientists into thinking he had made an amazing discovery. The fossils of spiders, lizards, and even birds with the name of God written on them in Hebrew were unlike anything that had been found before. He wrote several papers on them and was famous for those only to have it revealed that they were planted by jealous colleagues to ruin his reputation.
When an early human being was discovered in 1912, scientists at this time were wild with excitement over the meaning it had for the theory of evolution. There were hundreds of papers about this Piltdown man over the next fifty years until it was finally discovered to be a complex hoax. The skull (頭骨) of a man had been mixed with the jawbone of an orangutan (猩猩) to make the ape (猿) man.
The next time you read the exciting new findings of a study of the best scientist, do not automatically assume that it is true. Even qualified people can get it wrong. While we certainly should not ignore scientific research, we do need to take it with a grain of salt. Just because it is accepted as the truth today does not mean it will still be trustworthy tomorrow.
小題1:What does Paragraph 1 want to say?
A．Researchers and scientists are not perfect.
B．Something that we read may not be true.
C．Researchers and scientists know everything.
D．People don’t know whether water is good or bad.
小題2:What is the reason why Johann Beringer was fooled?
A．His fellow scientists wanted to make fun of him.
B．His workmates are eager to become famous too.
C．These scientists made a mistake because of carelessness.
D．His colleagues envied him and did so to destroy his fame.
小題3:The excited scientists thought that this Piltdown man ______.
A．was in fact a complex hoax
B．was a great scientific invention
C．contributed to the theory of evolution
D．had the skull like that of an ape
小題4:What does the underlined phrase “with a grain of salt” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．Happily.B．Generally.C．Doubtfully.D．Completely.
小題5:What can we learn from the passage?
A．Hebrew is probably a kind of language.
B．Truths of science will never be out of time.
C．People believe scientists because they are persuasive.
D．We are advised to believe famous scientists.

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Everybody is afraid of something.That’s what more than 1,700 kids told us when we asked them about fears and scary stuff.We gave kids a list of 14 scary things and asked which one frightened them most.Here are the top 5 answers from our survey (調(diào)查)：① Scary movies and TV shows；②Scary dreams；③Thunderstorms，hurricanes(颶風(fēng))；and other horrible weather；④War and terrorism (恐怖行動)；⑤Sounds heard at night.
But not everyone is afraid of the same thing.And what makes one person scared can be of no big deal for someone else.Plenty of kids said their biggest fear wasn’t on our list.
What is fear?
Fear is a feeling that eyeryone has—it’s programmed into all of us—and that’s a good thing because fear is there to protect us.We’re born with a sense of fear so we can react to something that could be dangerous.The baby cries，and their mom comes over to comfort him or her，helping the baby feel safe and OK again.Real vs.Pretend
The best way to get over a fear is to get more information about it.As kids get older，they understand more and start seeing the difference between what is real and unreal.So when William’s imagination leads him to think of witches，he can tell himself，“Wait a minute.They’re only pretend things.I don’t need to worry about them.”
The same goes for the dark.A kid’s imagination can start playing tricks when the lights go out.What’s under my bed？Is that a thief I hear？With the help of a parent，kids can get more comfortable in the dark.Using a nightlight or shining a flashlight under the bed to see that there’s nothing there can help kids fight that fear.
小題1:What did the writer find out from the survey?
A．Some people have never experienced fear.
B．Kids don’t like watching scary movies.
C．All people are afraid of something.
D．People often cry loudly when they are scared.
小題2:What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A．The list of fears is not complete.
B．The things people fear are of no big deal.
C．Kids have more fears than people think.
D．People are afraid of different things.
小題3:In the writer’s opinion，________.
A．having a sense of fear is not a bad thing
B．babies have a weak sense of fear
C．fear is not something that we are born with
D．not all people can react to dangerous things

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閱讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從36-55題中選出能填入空白處的最佳答案，使短文句意通順，符合邏輯，并把答案填在在答題卡內(nèi)。
Once there were two men, who lived in the same hospital room. One man’s bed was next to the room's only window. _____ , the other man, since his illness was more _____, had to spend all his time in bed. When the man in the bed by the window could _____ up, he would tell his roommate all the things he could see _____ the window. He said the window ______ a park with a lovely _____. Ducks played on the _____ while children sailed their model boats. Old trees grew and beautiful flowers were in bloom. What a fine _____! The man in the other bed would be _____ by the beautiful colors of the world outside.
Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the nurse found the man by the window had _____ peacefully in his sleep. She called the hospital attendants to take the body _____. As everything was done, the other man asked if he could be _____ next to the window.  The nurse said OK and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him _____ .
Slowly and painfully, he tried to take his __ ___ look at the world outside. He thought he would be _____ to see it by himself. But to his surprise, he saw nothing but a white _____. The man asked the nurse ____his roommate _____  to him and said there were wonderful things outside this window. The nurse told him his roommate was blind and could not even _____  the wall.
She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to _____ you. He only hoped you could live in a colorful world and got better quickly. "
小題1:
A．Angrily B．HappilyC．SurprisinglyD．Unluckily
小題2:
A．common B．seriousC．occasionalD．light
小題3:
A．stand B．sitC．jumpD．wake
小題4:
A．a(chǎn)cross B．outsideC．behindD．a(chǎn)bove
小題5:
A．builtB．stoodC．facedD．placed
小題6:
A．lakeB．hillC．houseD．tower
小題7:
A．sandB．grassC．waterD．tree
小題8:
A．lookB．sightC．formD．view
小題9:
A．impressed B．moved C．remindedD．disappointed
小題10:
A．missed B．comeC．diedD．passed
小題11:
A．upB．a(chǎn)wayC．offD．on
小題12:
A．lifted B．forcedC．broughtD．moved
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)likeB．a(chǎn)loneC．a(chǎn)loudD．a(chǎn)live
小題14:
A．singleB．lastC．firstD．only
小題15:
A．pleased B．sadC．crazyD．excited
小題16:
A．picture B．wallC．riverD．window
小題17:
A．whenB．whyC．howD．where
小題18:
A．ledB．gotC．liedD．left
小題19:
A．hear B．touchC．seeD．describe
小題20:
A．surpriseB．controlC．encourageD．a(chǎn)dvice

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Among rich countries, people in the United States work the longest hours. They work much longer than in Europe. This difference is quite surprising because productivity(生產(chǎn)力) per hour worked is the same in the United States as it is in France, Spain and Germany, and it is growing at a similar speed.
In most countries and at most times in history, as people have become richer they have chosen to work less. In other words they have decided to “spend” a part of their extra income on a fuller personal life. Over the last fifty years Europeans have continued this pattern, and hours of work have fallen sharply. But not in the United States. We do not fully know why this is. One reason may be greatly lower taxes in America, which increase the rewards to work. Another may be more satisfying work, or less satisfying personal lives.
Longer hours do of course increase the GDP(國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值). So the United States has produced more per worker than, say, France. The United States also has more of its people at work, while in France many more mothers and older workers have decided to stay at home. The overall result is that American GDP per head is 40% higher than in France, even though productivity per hour worked is the same.
It is not clear which of the two situations is better. As we have seen, work has to be compared with other values like family life, which often get lost in its interest. It is too early to explain the different trends（趨勢）in happiness over time in different countries. But it is a disappointing idea that in the United States happiness has made no progress since 1975, while it has risen in Europe. Could this have anything to do with trends in the work-life balance?
小題1:Which of the following countries has more of its people at work?
A．Spain.B．France.C．Germany.D．America.
小題2:What message can we get from the text?
A．The GDP of Europe is higher than that of America.
B．Two possible reasons are given for working longer hours in the US.
C．People all over the world choose to work less when they are richer.
D．Americans are happier than Europeans.
小題3:Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A．Americans and Europeans
B．Staying at Home
C．Work and Productivity
D．Work and Happiness

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